Commodities
PrimaryFeldspar
TertiaryMolybdenum, Fluorine-Fluorite, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formCIRCULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsMicrocline
GangueAllanite, Bastnaesite, Biotite, Doverite, Fergusonite, Fluorite, Molybdenite, Monazite, Quartz, Thalenite, Xenotime, Zircon
Geology
Host rockPegmatite · Pegmatite;Pikes Peak Granite
Associated rockPegmatite,Granite · Pegmatite;Pikes Peak Granite
StructureFront Range Uplift, Pikes Peak Batholith, Oil Creek Fault, Ute Pass Fault Zone, Manitou Park Half Graben
Tectonic settingCentral Cordillera (Southern Rocky Mtns)
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1952
Identification
Deposit ID10087824
MRDS IDD010230
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates39.06306, -105.1389
References
SIMMONS, W.B., AND HEINRICH, E.W., 1980, RARE-EARTH PEGMATITES OF THE SOUTH PLATTE DISTRICT, COLORADO: CGS RESOURCE SER. 11, 131 P.ADAMS, J.W., AND OTHERS, 1962, THALENITE FROM TELLER COUNTY, COLORADO: USGS PROF. PAPER 450-D, P. D6-D8.